China policy will be a major foreign policy test for Trudeau’s government

With the U.S. drumming up an anti-China Cold War, and pressing us to join, it’s vital that Canada independently determine its own best interests rather than being dragged along by America.

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, pictured Dec. 8, 2021, in a Hill scrum. It is a serious cause for concern that the word 'China' never appears in the mandate letter for Joly, our latest minister of foreign affairs, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

January 10, 2022

TORONTO—It is a serious cause for concern that the word “China” never appears in the mandate letter for Mélanie Joly, our latest minister of foreign affairs. With the U.S. drumming up an anti-China Cold War, and pressing us to join, it’s vital that Canada independently determine its own bes...

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